Andrew Cohan, Managing Director at Horwath HTL in Miami, was interviewed for a podcast on Invest Florida Show about investing, real estate and hospitality in the south Florida market: Investing in Vacation Properties through Branded Hotels.

Horwath HTL Americas’ Managing Directors Paul Breslin and Andrew Cohan recently announced the appointment of new hires and an associate promotion in their Atlanta and Miami consulting teams, respectively.

Horwath HTL Atlanta – Paul Breslin welcomed Oliver Tang to the Horwath HTL Atlanta office. Oliver is a recent graduate of the Cornell School of [...]

Please download the latest Horwath HTL Regional Brochure for Asia Pacific. The brochure includes a full list of all our areas of business, products and services as well as contact details for all our senior Directors working in each office.

Please download the latest Horwath HTL Regional Brochure for The Americas. The brochure includes a full list of all our areas of business, products and services as well as contact details for all our senior Directors working in each office of Latin America, USA and Canada.

Matt Gebbie of Horwath HTL Indonesia, has written the next in our series of Special Market Reports, focusing on the many new faces of Indonesia.

‘To achieve their aggressive target of 20 million foreign tourist arrivals and 300 million domestic trips by 2019, the Ministry is encouraging investors and tourists alike to look further afield. [...]

Horwath Hotel, Tourism & Leisure (HTL), the world’s largest and most experienced hospitality consulting brand has announced that the will be sponsoring this years CHRIS and HOLA conferences in Miami between May 10th and 13th of this year.

The Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) is the Caribbean’s most [...]

Horwath Hotel, Tourism & Leisure (HTL), the world’s largest and most experienced hospitality consulting brand has announced that Paul Breslin, Chairman of Horwath HTL, USA and Andrew Cohan, Managing Director of Horwath HTL, Miami will moderate two important panel sessions at the 2016 CHRIS conference being held at the JW Marriott [...]

Horwath HTL France is opening on Monday 4th April its West Africa office (Ivory Coast). Charlotte Specht is now at the head of this new West Africa office that intervenes in hotel, tourism and leisure fields in Central and Western Africa. This new Horwath HTL office is [...]

Sir Graham Henry, the man who coached the All Blacks to World Cup glory and who knows better than most how to create a winning team culture, is a keynote speaker at the 2016 New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference, Auckland, 1-2 June.

The Link Between Wellness and Sustainability. Andrew Cohan of Horwath HTL Miami, FL, USA has written the next in our series of Industry Reports. Andrew explores the connections between wellness and sustainability and uses this frame of reference to explain current trends in both soft programming and the physical design of resort hotel properties. This [...]

Special Hotel Market Report, issue 58: Oklahoma. John Montgomery of Horwath HTL Denver, CO, USA has written the next in our series of market reports, focusing on the Oklahoma hotel, tourism and leisure market.

The colours of the Indian flag truly symbolise 2015 for the hotel industry. The year started with the bright orange sense of expectation, moved to the stark white reality of under achievement, and ends with the belief of a green future somewhere – sometime, hopefully very close. The truth yet lies in the central chakra [...]

Giorgio Ribaudo, from Horwath HTL Italy, together with the President of the Italian Hotel Association Confindustria, will open a conference at BIT Milan, the national tourism fair, on Chains and the Mice segment. They will present and distribute the 2016 Hotels & Chains report on February 11th. This year, Horwath HTL Italy has teamed up [...]

The fourth annual Adria Hotel Forum will take place in Sheraton Zagreb Hotel on February 10-11, 2016, under the heading ‘Investments in Hotel Industry – Shaping the Future’. This years conference brings to Zagreb the largest global investment companies interested in investing in the Adriatic Region [...]

Horwath Hotel, Tourism & Leisure (HTL), the world’s largest and most experienced hospitality consulting brand has announced the appointment of Andrew Cohan, MAI as Managing Director of the new Horwath HTL Miami office. Andrew Cohan is a seasoned executive with a decade of hospitality valuation and consulting experience and two decades [...]

After less than a year from taking the position of the Hotel and Tourism Consulting Team Director, Dariusz Futoma received a nomination for a Horwath HTL Polish practice partnership with the effect from 1 January 2016. Horwath HTL is the global advisor to the hotel and tourism sector with more than century-long tradition. In Poland [...]

Horwath HTL was entrusted with the evaluation of the World Bank’s regional development project in the Imereti region, Georgia

The Imereti region occupies a central and strategic place in Georgia and displays natural wonders and historical heritage. With the financial support of the World Bank and within the framework of the Second Regional Development Project [...]

Horwath HTL Indonesia and C9 Hotelworks Company have produced a new Hotel & Branded Residences report about Kuala Lumpur.

“Kuala Lumpur hoteliers are bracing themselves for an onslaught of new supply following solid performance in 2014 when rate growth was low, but occupancy remained strong. With a slew of confirmed luxury hotels opening between 2016 [...]

Horwath HTL Indonesia and C9 Hotelworks Company have produced a new Hotel & Branded Residences report about Bali.

“The last 12 months have been challenging for Bali hotels, with new government policy, weaker than expected economic growth, the influx of new supply and a disgruntled Mother Nature one after the other slamming The Island of [...]

Horwath HTL Indonesia and C9 Hotelworks Company have produced a new Hotel & Branded Residences report about Lombok.

“What to say about Lombok that hasn’t already been said?! In 30 words of less: still nothing new on the south coast; tourism arrivals edge up; hotel performance is solid; roads are improving; and there are a [...]

Horwath HTL Indonesia and C9 Hotelworks Company have produced a new Hotel & Branded Residences report about Bintan.

“Bintan’s competitive advantages are clear: location, great beaches, location, excellent infrastructure and location. It has traditionally been seen as a weekend and long weekend holiday getaway destination for Singapore residents. A little tired but nice beaches and [...]

Vijay Thacker of Horwath HTL India has written a very interesting Industry Report, focusing Due Diligences for Hotel Transactions

‘Hotels are a class of asset subject to trading in good times and bad, for different reasons. Transactions may be for single assets or for a portfolio of hotel assets, with buyers being national or cross-border [...]

Horwath HTL has identified 10 global trends which will influence mid- and long-term tourism development. The first five trends will have a major influence on demand in the tourism sector but will also impact the second set of trends, which concerns changing supply. Together, they represent forces which will [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce quarterly market updates on the Asia Pacific Hotel Market. Each report includes overviews and breakdown of the Asia Pacific markets but also includes a more in-depth focus on one specific market. This quarter the spotlight is on Singapore.

According to the authors of the fifth, the most recent issue of the guidebook for investors – Hotel Guidebook Poland&CEE 2015|2016 – hotel chain proliferation is growing most rapidly on account of franchising – and not only in the largest Polish cities. Whereas one of the biggest challenges faced by hotel owners in Poland is [...]

Béatrice Montagnier of Horwath HTL Dakar, Senegal, has written the next in our series of market reports, focusing on the Cameroonian market.

‘Cameroon has the potential for hotel development. And following an upward trend in demand, the hotel supply is expected to expand. Despite a challenging business environment (as pointed out by low [...]

From single assets in domestic markets to cross-border portfolios spread across several countries, Horwath HTL’s Hotel Valuation experts have the breadthof experience and the resources of 50 local offices worldwide to provide informed and objective valuation advice.

We have experts with RICS and MAI accreditation who have been working in [...]

Stefan Muff of Horwath HTL Australia has written the next in our series of market reports focusing on the Melbourne market.

‘Melbourne received a record 7.8 million domestic overnight visitors in 2014, yielding 22.5 million visitor nights. While domestic visitor nights were at first not significantly impacted by the global financial crisis, growth did [...]

Elizabeth Beliakova and Paul Breslin of Horwath HTL Atlanta, GA, USA, has produced a report about Preferred Hotels & Resorts.

“Horwath HTL was engaged by the Preferred Hotels & Resorts (PH&R) to highlight the performance achieved by the PH&R member hotels from 2011 to 2014 compared to the competitive sets (Comp Sets) and the North [...]

Horwath HTL France, part of the world’s number one hotel, tourism and leisure consulting brand have helped the French public investment group, Bpifrance, in the structuring of the new “France Investissement Tourisme” fund. The fund was launched on October 8th 2015 during the annual Tourism Convention organized by the French Ministry [...]

Metin Erdogdu of Horwath HTL Turkey has written the next in our series of market reports focusing on the Peruvian market.

‘The travel and tourism sector remains a driving force in Turkey’s emergence onto the world stage. Travel and tourism’s total contribution to the global economy in 2014 was $7.6 trillion, which equates [...]

John Montgomery of Horwath HTL Denver, CO, USA, and Nadine Pietrowski of Crowe Horwath Denver, CO, USA, have produced an informative report about the Lodging Industry in the Rocky Mountain Region, CO, USA.

Horwath HTL in Cyprus and Switzerland have joined forces with the Kanika Group in Cyprus, to implement the Group’s strategy of expanding the activities of its hospitality division, Kanika Hotels & [...]

Sergio Giorgetti of Horwath HTL Argentina has written the next in our series of market reports focusing on the Peruvian market.

‘According to the last report published by the World Tourism Organization in 2014, Peru received nearly 3.2 million foreign tourists and ranked fourth in the South American ranking, after Brazil, Argentina and Chile.‘

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce quarterly market updates on the Asia Pacific Hotel Market. Each report includes overviews and breakdown of the Asia Pacific markets but also includes a more in-depth focus on one specific market. This quarter the spotlight is on the Philippines.

Tourism and Leisure projects make up a large part of our business at Horwath HTL and we pride ourselves on having worked on some very significant projects all over the world. Tourism now accounts for such a high proportion of GDP that extensive investment is being made in the [...]

Horwath HTL Health and Wellness offers a full range of consulting and management services that make a difference in hotel and spa performance. From preliminary market research and feasibility work that helps determine if, what and how a property should be created, positioned and run in a given location to taking responsibility for its ongoing [...]

Hotel Planning & Development Services – Expert help every step of the way

Getting the planning and development right is fundamental for any hotel, tourism and leisure project. Our international team of experts will use their project experience, market research and analytical capabilities to help you navigate the entire process.

Dublin, Wednesday 12th August 2015. Crowe Horwath, leading advisors to the Irish hotel sector, launched its 20th Annual Irish Hotel Survey today which shows a continued improvement in the fortunes of the Irish hotel sector. The report, which is compiled from Irish hotels’ 2014 accounts, reveals that key performance metrics have improved for the third [...]

Horwath HTL Spain has written the next in our series of market reports focusing on the Barcelona Market.

‘With its 4.6km of beach and its singular architecture influenced by the well-known Catalan architect Autoni Gaudí, the city is a renowned international tourist destination. In terms of the number of tourist arrivals, Barcelona is the [...]

07.07.2015 London/Hamburg – Horwath HTL, the world’s largest consulting brand specialized in the hospitality and Tourism industry and TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the world’s leading data provider on global hotel construction, hotel groups and brands, have signed a global partnership agreement.

Tourism is one of the most solidly growing sectors globally and it is expected to continue [...]

‘The Croatian city hasn’t been on the MICE industry’s radar due to the lack of a large congress center, but that might change as the regional administration finds viable solutions for developing such a project.’

‘Tourism is a significant industry driving Boston’s economy. For example, in 2011, domestic and international visitors spent 8.3 billion in this area. In 2014, there were 19,163,000 international and domestic visitors to Boston [...]

‘Atlanta is showing strong metrics across the board. And given the market’s position as a top convention location, the outlook is promising. The market has rebounded strongly from the economic downturn, as evidenced [...]

Philip Bacon and Mario Sides of Horwath HTL Spain have written the latest Horwath HTL Special Market Report on the city of Madrid. ‘Madrid offers great opportunities for leisure tourism as well as business travel. Its famous nightlife, the celebration of important events, the diversity of the cultural and leisure offer and [...]

Aiden Murphy, partner with Crowe Horwath, was pleased to participate as a guest speaker at the Irish Hotel Federation’s third annual Irish Hotel Investment Conference which was held at the Clyde Court Hotel in Dublin on Monday 8 June, 2015.

This annual Investment Conference provides an important business and social platform for [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce quarterly market updates on the Asia Pacific Hotel Market. Each report includes overviews and breakdown of the Asia Pacific markets but also includes a more in-depth focus on one specific market. This quarter the spotlight is on the Philippines.

‘More rooms in the market mean competitive room rates for accommodation in Norway. The Norwegian hotel industry experienced a significant capacity growth over the last five years. Demand continued its climb in 2014.’

John Montgomery of Horwath HTL Denver, CO, USA, has updated his report on Denver, Colorado, with 2015 market data.

“The hospitality industry in Metro Denver continues to experience a strong turn-around from the economic downturn that took place in late 2008 – 2010. Occupancy trends for year-end 2012 and 2013 reflected a vastly improved market [...]

Programs for the annual HotelsWorld suite of events released today, reveal that nearly 100 international, regional and local speakers are set for this year’s three events to be held over consecutive days from 27 to 29 July in Sydney, Australia. Over a third of the [...]

“Lima is the capital and main city of the Republic of Peru, not only because of its population (the highest of the country) but also because of its importance as a political, cultural, financial and commercial center. With a population of approximately 9 million people it ranks fourth as one of the most populated cities [...]

‘With Hong Kong’s steady hotel performance, there is opportunity to grow supply over the next five years. A major pillar of Hong Kong’s economy, the tourism industry contributed to 4.9% of Hong Kong’s gross domestic [...]

On the 11th of March 2015, Dariusz Futoma, one of the most experienced sales managers in the Polish hotel and tourism industry, joined Horwath HTL Polska to become the Hotel and Tourism Consulting Team director. This month, Janusz Mitulski, who has been successfully leading [...]

Horwath HTL, the world’s largest and most experienced hotel, tourism and leisure consulting Brand have written 19 Country Reports from Europe for the ninth edition of the prestigious 2015 Hotel Yearbook.

Each Country report gives a brief snapshot of the hotel business landscape in 2014, [...]

Horwath HTL, the world’s largest and most experienced hotel, tourism and leisure consulting Brand have written 11 Country Reports from the Americas for the ninth edition of the prestigious 2015 Hotel Yearbook.

Each Country report gives a brief snapshot of the hotel business landscape [...]

Horwath HTL, the world’s largest and most experienced hotel, tourism and leisure consulting Brand have written four Country Reports from Africa for the ninth edition of the prestigious 2015 Hotel Yearbook.

Each Country report gives a brief snapshot of the hotel business landscape in 2014, [...]

Horwath HTL, the world’s largest and most experienced hotel, tourism and leisure consulting Brand have written 15 Country Reports from Asia Pacific for the ninth edition of the prestigious 2015 Hotel Yearbook.

Each Country report gives a brief snapshot of the hotel business landscape [...]

Horwath HTL’s UK office have written a comprehensive report on the Helsinki hotel market, covering travel & tourism patterns as well as hotel development news and hotel performance analytics in the capital. The capital of Finland, Helsinki, is one of the Nordic capitals and is slowly raising its profile as a major conference destination [...]

More than three hundred delegates from fifteen countries across the Globe took part in last weeks Hotel & Tourism trends conference, being held for the second year at the Sofitel Victoria in Poland’s’ capital city. There were nineteen themed sessions with seventy-four panellists taking to the stage and the event attracted more than thirty sponsors, [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce quarterly market updates on the Asia Pacific Hotel Market. Each report includes overviews and breakdown of the Asia Pacific markets but also includes a more in-depth focus on one specific market. This quarter the spotlight is on the Vietnam market.

Horwath HTL’s Matt Gebbie teams up with C9 Hotelworks to write a 2014 update on Bali Hotel and Branded Residences.

‘Bali hoteliers are weathering the storm of new supply with solid performance. Rates are slipping, caution caution, but occupancy is strong. Bali is successfully broadening its demand base, developments are spreading, the airport is [...]

Horwath HTL Health and Wellness has released its latest Health and Wellness Special Market Report, which examines wellness related hospitality business opportunities in Germany.

In order to identify potential opportunities, Horwath HTL Health and Wellness; (1) analyzed the current tourism landscape, (2) defined what wellness tourism is and who wellness travelers are, and (3) analyzed [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce quarterly market updates on the Asia Pacific Hotel Market. Each report includes overviews and breakdown of the Asia Pacific markets but also includes a more in-depth focus on one specific market. This quarter the spotlight is on the Malaysia market.

‘A critical factor affecting the materialization of the hotel potential in West Africa is the ability to maintain a context of political stability and security. This remains a challenge, specifically in Sahel countries.’

Paul Breslin has written the latest in a series of Special Market Reports, with this edition focussing on Atlanta, GA, USA.

‘Downtown Atlanta hosts approximately 22.5 million visitors each year. It hosts sporting events, concerts & shows, conventions and attractions, including the world-renowned Georgia Aquarium, which hosts approximately 2.2 million visitors annually. Important monthly [...]

Sao Paulo, July 30th 2014 Horwath HTL Brazil director, Michael Schnurle, was interviewed by the Commerce, Industry and Services Business Journal, from Sao Paulo, regarding the impact that the World Cup had in the Brazilian Hotel Industry both for host cities and the rest of the country. Michael said: “In the cities where [...]

Horwath HTL Dublin have published the Quarter 3 2014 issue of their HTL Sector Review Newsletter. Inside this issue we discuss the recently held “Irish Hotel Investment Conference – The Next Steps” organised by the IHF. We also review international and domestic hotel market performance and recent insolvency and transactional activity.

“Santiago is the main gateway of Chile and concentrates a relevant commercial and services activity, both in national and regional terms. It also holds the largest and most diversified hotel supply of the country, which shows many international hotel brands, mainly in the midscale and upscale market segments, and it is also the headquarters of [...]

It will come as no surprise that hotel performance in Thailand has been negatively affected by the recent political turmoil, but the rest of the country seems relatively unscathed. These are the key facts [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce quarterly market updates on the Asia Pacific Hotel Market. Each report includes overviews and breakdown of the Asia Pacific markets but also includes a more in-depth focus on one specific market. This quarter the spotlight is on the Thailand market.

Reinhard Wall has written the latest in a series of Special Market Reports, with this edition focussing on Zaragoza, Spain.

‘Zaragoza is Spain’s fifth largest city, covering 1,062 square kilometers with a population of 700,000. Located within three hours by car from Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and Toulouse, Zaragoza is a hub in transportation [...]

Horwath HTL, the global leader in hospitality consulting are to host a panel on sustainable investment at this year’s CATHIC hotel investment conference being held at the new Hilton Bomonti Hotel and Conference center from the 9th-10th of June in Istanbul. The panel is being led by top industry professional François [...]

Horwath HTL, the world’s number one hospitality consulting brand has been appointed as advisors and asset managers for a brand new hotel fund, Keystone Hospitality fund, by its fund manager, LRI Luxembourg (AIFM). The fund has a remit to concentrate on hotel assets within the European markets and will be [...]

Carolina Spinelli and Sergio Giorgetti of Horwath HTL Argentina have written the latest in the series of special market reports, with this edition focussing on Argentina.

‘International arrivals to Argentina reached nearly 5.5 million in 2013, according to the Argentina Tourism Board, which positions the country as the second most-visited South American destination in [...]

Horwath HTL Thailand releases the first issue in a series of reports for the Health and Wellness Industry.

The report serves to provide an overview of the destination spa industry.It includes a brief history of wellness and the place of destination spas within it, the factors differentiating destination spas from traditional resorts, a case [...]

The latest survey compiled by Horwath Hotel, Tourism and Leisure (HTL), the world’s largest hospitality consulting firm, has shown that hotel operators around the globe are more optimistic about the coming few months than they were in 2012 or 2013. The survey, which [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce hotel review reports on the Indian Hotel Market. This edition provides a performance overview of key markets across India; it also analyses occupancy and room rate metrics, distinguished between weekdays and weekends for three key markets – Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi.

Horwath HTL and STR Global have pleasure in presenting a detailed overview of the Indian hotel market. “2013 was a tough year – demand and room rates were stressed by a slow economy and the cumulative impact of continued supply growth since 2009; rising development and operating costs added pressure on margins and debt [...]

Horwath HTL and STR Global have pleasure in presenting a detailed overview of the Indian hotel market. “This edition provides a performance overview of key markets across India; it also analyses occupancy and room rate metrics, distinguished between weekdays and weekends for three key markets – Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi.”

Horwath HTL and STR Global have pleasure in presenting a detailed overview of the Indian hotel market. “The first quarter was a major contributor to this decline – January was not a good month; falling demand was exacerbated by shortened effective working in end March due to the holidays. Q2 actually saw demand recovery [...]

Horwath HTL and STR Global have pleasure in presenting a detailed overview of the Indian hotel market. “In this edition, we principally analyse the performance of the luxury leisure sector in India. To enable deeper perspective, we have contrasted this with performance of luxury hotels in three key business destinations.”

Horwath HTL and STR Global have pleasure in presenting a detailed overview of the Indian hotel market. “India’s hospitality industry has seen a variety of opportunities and successes, challenges and losses in the last 7-8 years. During this period, the industry has grown and several new features and characteristics have emerged; some peculiar to [...]

STR Global is delighted to be working in partnership with Horwath HTL-India to increase the availability of data on the Indian hotel market and to provide you with regular market commentaries on the recent performances. The commentary below is based on STR Global’s hotel performance statistics and Horwath HTL – India’s analysis. We [...]

STR Global is delighted to be working in partnership with Horwath HTL-India to increase the availability of data on the Indian hotel market and to provide you with regular market commentaries on the recent performances. The commentary below is based on STR Global’s hotel performance statistics and Horwath HTL – India’s analysis. We [...]

STR Global is delighted to be working in partnership with Horwath HTL-India to increase the availability of data on the Indian hotel market and to provide you with regular market commentaries on the recent performances. The commentary below is based on STR Global’s hotel performance statistics and Horwath HTL – India’s analysis. We [...]

Philip Bacon has joined forces with Horwath HTL Spain as director of Planning & Development, based in the offices of Horwath International in Madrid.

Philip has acquired 20 years of professional experience as a finance director and independent consultant in all aspects of the development and operation of hotels and resorts, with a special focus [...]

“The lodging market in Sao Paulo is experiencing a new stage of development as the recovery period, that demanded over a decade after the oversupply scenario generated in the late 90s and early 2000s, is coming to an end.”

Mariano Carrizo of Horwath HTL Brazil, has produced an informative report for GHN about the lodging [...]

Horwath HTL, the worlds largest and most experienced hospitality consulting brand announced today that their offices in the DACH Region: Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH) have created a cluster organization in order to offer regional clients a seamless service across German speaking countries. These services, ranging from Hotel [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce quarterly market updates on the Asia Pacific Hotel Market. Each report will include and overview and breakdown of the Asia Pacific markets but will also include a more in-depth focus on one specific market. This quarter the spotlight is on the Indonesia market, in particular [...]

Horwath HTL Hungary and Horwath HTL Russia, part of Horwath HTL the worlds oldest and largest Hospitality Consulting Network, has successfully completed management contract negotiations for a brand new Rixos Hotel, in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

Horwath HTL has provided support to the developer throughout the contract negotiations.

Horwath HTL, the world’s largest and most experienced hotel, tourism and leisure consulting Brand have written seven Country Reports from the North American, Mexico and Latin America for the prestigious 2014 Hotel Yearbook. The Hotel Yearbook, in its eighth edition, is made up of exclusive editorial contributions from more than two-dozen opinion leaders from around [...]

Horwath HTL, the world’s largest and most experienced hotel, tourism and leisure consulting Brand have written seven Country Reports from The Americas for the prestigious 2014 Hotel Yearbook. The Hotel Yearbook 2014, in its eighth edition, is made up of exclusive editorial contributions from more than two-dozen opinion leaders from around the world. The publication [...]

Horwath HTL, the world’s largest and most experienced hotel, tourism and leisure consulting Brand have written 25 Country Reports from EMEA, Russia and the CIS for the prestigious 2014 Hotel Yearbook. The Hotel Yearbook 2014, in its eighth edition, is made up of exclusive editorial contributions from more than two-dozen opinion leaders from around the [...]

The 2014 outlook for key geographic markets in EMEA, Russia and the CIS.

Horwath HTL, the world’s largest and most experienced hotel, tourism and leisure consulting Brand have written 25 Country Reports from EMEA, Russia and the CIS for the prestigious 2014 Hotel Yearbook. The Hotel Yearbook 2014, in its eighth edition, is made up [...]

Horwath HTL, Russia and Hungary have released a special market report on Sochi, that looks at the incredible development over last five years and the implications for sustainable tourism. The report, which has the heading “Sochi’s Tourism Industry the Overall Gold Medal Favourite of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in [...]

Bangkok, 30 January 2014 As the latest member to join Horwath HTL’s global network, Horwath HTL Health and Wellness has debuted their first contribution to the 2014 edition of The Hotel Yearbook. Horwath HTL Health and Wellness, the network’s independent wellness hospitality consulting arm formed in mid-2013 by Ingo Schweder, decided to publish two [...]

Welcome to the Quarter 1 issue of our Hotel, Tourism and Leisure Sector Review for 2014. 2013 was a very positive year for the hotel sector in Ireland with increased international visitor numbers and increased revenues across all regions. The transaction market also recovered significantly. These positive trends appear set to continue in 2014 [...]

Horwath HTL, The world’s largest and most experienced hospitality consulting brand has announced the appointment of Matt Gebbie to the position of Director of the Jakarta office. Matt Gebbie is an industry veteran with previous experience of Horwath HTL having served as a Director of the Horwath HTL Singapore office until [...]

Horwath HTL Brazil, part of the World’s largest and most experienced hospitality consulting network, Horwath Hotels, Tourism and Leisure (HTL), presented, in an exclusive interview with Brazil’s most respected economic newspaper, Valor Economico the results of the Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey (GHMSS), a worldwide assessment of the expectations of [...]

India demonstrates all the demographic advantages of an ideal market for leading international spa and wellness brands. This is one of the many findings in a fascinating new market report on India released by Horwath HTL, Health and Wellness. Horwath HTL, Health and Wellness, led by industry veteran Ingo Schweder, are [...]

Horwath HTL Health and Wellness is the newly conceived division of Horwath HTL, specialising in the development of destination retreats, lifestyle and wellness centres, bathhouses, resort, hotel, medical, and day spas, and health and fitness clubs globally.

Founded by Ingo Schweder, Horwath HTL Health & Wellness provides a range of wellness focused project consulting, including market research and feasibility [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with STR Global to produce bi-annual market report updates on the Indian Hotel Market

“The first quarter was a major contributor to this decline – January was not a good month; falling demand was exacerbated by shortened effective working in end March due to the holidays. Q2 actually saw demand [...]

Horwath HTL South Africa has written the latest in the series of special market reports, with this edition focussing on the South African Market. “South Africa has become the country with the highest influx of tourist arrivals in Sub-Saharan Africa and has one of the best tourism infrastructures in the region. Today, the South African government [...]

Horwath HTL, Asia have written a special market report in the hotel and branded residential market. The report co-branded with local specialists C9 Hotelworks is an in-depth look into Bali, including hotel performance, tourism prospects, competition, supply and demand and trends.

Despite historically high occupancy and room rate levels, Australian hotel profit margins have failed to grow in the past five years, according to research released today by leading hotel consultants Horwath HTL Australia, in their annual Survey of Operations report.

Horwath HTL China’s Area Director Nigel Summers has written an update on the Chinese hotel market.

“Huge Supply… Some Easing, Some Not: The huge amount of new supply entering many markets in China is well known. There are several markets where the pipeline of new properties shows no signs of stopping and these [...]

A brand new report released today highlights the key trends in the Chinese Hotel Market. The Regional Director for Horwath HTL North Asia and renowned industry expert, Nigel Summers, wrote the report, called ‘Hotel Trends in China’. Horwath HTL is the world’s leading hospitality consulting brand with over 50 offices globally and Hong Kong, Beijing [...]

The previous edition of the South African market report provided an overview of the South African tourism environment for the year ended December2010. In this edition of the South African market report, we provide an update of the tourism environment over the past two years.

Horwath HTL Brazil, part of Horwath HTL, the worlds oldest and largest hospitality-consulting Brand, were sponsors of the 2013 Brazil Hotel Investment Conference (BHIC). Horwath HTL are part of Crowe Horwath International, one of the world leading financial advisory networks.

In this issue we review the impact of the capital allowance scheme for Hotels as the 7 year holding period draws to an end for many hotel investments. We also examine market trends for RevPAR, Visitor Numbers and the Transaction and [...]

Heinz Wehrle, Managing Director of Horwath HTL Switzerland and ski resort expert, outlined his vision for the Turkish ski industry at the prestigious Central Asian and Turkey Hotel Investment Conference (CATHIC) being held in Istanbul last week. The conference, which was held at the Marmara Taksim square, brings together industry [...]

Hotel companies are being forced to go the extra mile for Group business, as demand remains sluggish in 2013. This was the message from Julie Reigle, Principle for Horwath HTL USA and a recognized industry expert on Sales Marketing and E-Commerce. Julie was speaking during this years NYU hospitality conference in [...]

Paul Breslin ISHC, founder and Managing Partner of Panther Hospitality, announced today that they have joined Horwath HTL, the world’s oldest and largest consulting network with over 50 offices in 39 countries. Panther Hospitality, based in Atlanta Georgia, is well known as an independent advisory firm in [...]

The hotel industry in the Benelux is showing stable figures, even as the economy continues to struggle. The new HOSTA 2013 report from Horwath HTL shows that the occupancies have remained stable in 2012, although the average room rates decreased slightly.

The Netherlands

In The Netherlands hotel market, the average occupancy decreased slightly, from 67.2% [...]

Good Revenue Management discipline and principles will play a key part of the hotel recovery in the United States in 2013 and 2014 according to Paul Breslin, Principal of Horwath HTL, USA at the 2103 NYU Hotel Investment Conference in New York last week. Horwath HTL, The world’s [...]

Insight. Ideas. Networking. In pursuit of those event goals, leading hotel, resort and serviced apartment owners, investors, operators, developers, lenders, advisers and other stakeholders will meet in Sydney from 23rd to 25th July 2013 for HotelsWorld Australia New Zealand and Hotel Franchise World – the main events on the regional [...]

Horwath HTL, The world’s oldest and largest hospitality consulting network has announced that Miroslav Dragicevic, Senior Partner at Horwath HTL, Croatia will be appearing on a panel at the prestigious Astana Economic Forum in Kazakhstan.

Horwath HTL, The world’s oldest and largest hospitality consulting network has announced that they will be sponsoring the prestigious NYU Hotel Investment Conference in New York in May. Horwath HTL, which has recently seen significant growth in the United States with [...]

Horwath HTL Consultants have released their latest Africa Market Report for 2013.

The Africa Market Report focuses on Guinea, with a past marked by almost half a century of dictatorship, has found it difficult to return to democracy since it became independent in 1958. The first democratic, [...]

Horwath HTL wrote over 35 situation reports for the 2013 edition of the Hotel Year Book

Horwath HTL Situation Report: Africa

International tourist arrivals in South Africa are estimated to have increased by approximately 10.5 % in the first seven months of the year (Overseas : +16.4 % ; Africa : +8.5 %). Domestic tourism [...]

For the 2012 edition of the Hotel Yearbook, Horwath HTL expanded their coverage significantly, covering 30 markets world wide. The Hotel Yearbook aims to give those working in the industry an idea of what is coming that year, what the significant trends will be, what the top executives in the industry expect will happen, and [...]

Horwath HTL have teamed up with the very well respected Hotel Yearbook to write a series of market reports. These reports examine how 2011 will play out for the key hotel markets in Europe. To get an idea of the current situation and varying pace of recovery across the continent, The Hotel Yearbook asked Horwath [...]

The first sub-Saharan country to gain independence in 1957, Ghana is often seen as a model for political reform in Africa. It has the second largest West African economy after Nigeria, and the country is involved in a long-term process to consolidate good governance and create an efficient regulatory environment.

The Horwath HTL Special Market Report: Austria, briefly introduces the current economic situation in Austria with particular focus upon tourism. A general overview outlines the country’s current performance and is followed by detailed supporting facts and figures. Tourism developments are presented in more detail to emphasize the [...]

When looking at the Swiss economy one must also look at Switzerland’s political system. Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons. There are German-speaking and French-speaking cantons, one Italian-speaking canton and cantons in which both German and French are spoken. In one canton (Graubünden) German, Italian and Rhaeto-Romanic are spoken. Each canton has its own constitution, its government, [...]

On January 1st 2012, the overall French hotel supply accounted for 17000 graded hotels or a total of 614 700 rooms. For 2013, based on our estimates, the French market should shows a slight increase in room supply, showing a positive dynamic. This trend is [...]

All in all the hospitality industry in the United States is performing remarkably well given that during the recent “great recession” it experienced some of its worst years since World War II. There are more than 4.9 million hotel rooms available in the U.S., according to STR. There is no question that guest room supply is abundant [...]

“The current and forecasted data projections about Brazil’s economic performance tends to encourage all sorts of investment projects, including the reckless ones, but after looking at what the Brazil market has to offer who wouldn’t be optimistic.

All the signs are positive, not only for tourism but also as an investment destination.

“Despite the Global economic crisis, Ireland remains an attractive location for business and investment.

This is due to its low corporation tax rate and administrative barriers. According to the 2011 World Bank and International Finance Corporation report, Ireland ranks 9th out of 183 economies in terms of ease of doing business and 5th in terms of [...]

This special report from Horwath HTL looks at the Chinese Hotel Market and looks at the way business is done and the advantages and disadvantages to Investors not from the region and what they can expect.

“If you are a real estate developer looking to enter the China hotel market, when packing your bags be [...]

The Horwath HTL Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey has been designed to provide the hotel industry with a quick assessment of the future market outlook. The four-question survey focuses on the outlook for occupancy, average room rate and total revenue. Hoteliers have also been asked to make comments on their expectations for the coming year [...]

The Horwath HTL Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey has been designed to provide the hotel industry with a quick assessment of the future market outlook. The four-question survey focuses on the outlook for occupancy, average room rate and total revenue. Hoteliers have also been asked to make comments on their expectations for the coming year [...]

The Horwath HTL Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey has been designed to provide the hotel industry with a quick assessment of the future market outlook. The four-question survey focuses on the outlook for occupancy, average room rate and total revenue. Hoteliers have also been asked to make comments on their expectations for the coming year [...]

The Horwath HTL Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey has been designed to provide the hotel industry with a quick assessment of the future market outlook. The four-question survey focuses on the outlook for occupancy, average room rate and total revenue. Hoteliers have also been asked to make comments on their expectations for the coming year [...]

The latest survey compiled by Horwath Hotel, Tourism and Leisure (HTL), the world’s largest hospitality consulting firm, has shown that most hotel operators around the world expect 2013 hotel performance to be in line with last year and for growth to be flat. Considering the last sentiment survey showed a majority of slightly negative responses, [...]

Horwath HTL Russia and Horwath HTL Hungary, part of Horwath HTL the worlds oldest and largest Hospitality Consulting Network, has successfully completed management contract negotiations for a brand new Four Points By Sheraton Hotel to open in Russia in 2016. The hotel, scheduled to open in 2016, Four Points by Sheraton [...]

Horwath HTL China, part of the worlds oldest and largest hospitality consulting network, have written an insightful article for the 2013 Hotel Yearbook on the seven big challenges facing the Chinese Hotel Market. The article, written by Nigel Summers Director of North Asia at Horwath HTL is published in the prestigious [...]

Horwath HTL is proud to announce the launching of CHAT Beijing and CHAT Shanghai, tailored for China’s hotel and tourism industry! CHAT, the abbreviation for China Hotels And Tourism, encourages industry people to gather, create dialogue and network through the platform, as well as exchange and share experience and knowledge.

Horwath HTL, The worlds oldest and largest hospitality consulting network have rebranded their China conferences. The conferences, which are held in Beijing in March and Shanghai in September used to be called the China Hotel and Development Conferences, has been upgraded and re-launched as CHAT, which stands for China Hotel and [...]

Horwath Hotels, Tourism and Leisure (HTL), the world’s oldest and largest hospitality consulting network, have contributed 30 key market reports to the latest edition of the Hotel Yearbook (http://www.hotel-yearbook.com/index.php), one of the Hotel industries most respected annual publications.

The Yearbook provides in-depth, cutting edge opinion and commentary about the industry for the [...]

Japanese hotel performance has recovered to pre crisis levels, with occupancy and average rates showing positive signs of growth. This was the key message today at the 23rd Annual Hotel Investment Conference being held in Hong Kong at a panel session under the headline ‘Japan, down but not out’. The [...]

The Chinese hotel market has been showing the strain, especially in the Luxury and five star markets, but burgeoning demand and the incredible demographic advantages in a country the size of China will help ease operating conditions and improve performance. This was one of the conclusions from a panel of [...]

The dynamic business climate in Accra, driven by Ghana’s political stability and high oil prices has led to a boom in real estate and hotels projects. The hotels, increasingly operated by national and international brands, underline current investor’s confidence in Ghana.

Two of the leading consulting companies in Poland, Horwath HTL and TPA Horwath, launched their annual guide for investors in the Polish Hotel market today. The guide, now in its third edition, is aimed at investors, owners, hotel companies and anyone with an interest in the world of hospitality [...]

Strong Growth is predicted for Hotel Chains in the Polish Market over the next 2-3 Years. This was the conclusion of hotel expert Janusz Mitulski, Partner at Horwath HTL Poland, during a panel discussion at the Property Forum 2012, the biggest conference in the commercial real estate market in Poland. The [...]

The Polish hospitality market is changing, according to the participants of the inaugural panel at the Property forum 2012, the biggest conference on the commercial real estate market in Poland. The panel, hosted by Janusz Mitulski, Partner at Horwath HTL Poland, found that although affected by the economic crisis, the best [...]

Classic drivers for growth are pushing hotel development in Lome, Togo with improving market conditions and an undersupply on international standard, branded hotel bedrooms creating good conditions for hotel development and investment. This is the key finding of the brand new special [...]

Horwath HTL France, part of Horwath Hotels, Tourism and Leisure (HTL), the world oldest and largest hospitality consulting network, announced today that they will be releasing a series of in depth market studies looking at key West African Markets.

The reports will look specifically at the wider economy, current political climate, [...]

Budget and Mid Market Hotels represent a huge opportunity for growth in Africa as hotel brands look to expand, as almost all of the internationally flagged hotels in Africa are of a luxury standard. This was the key finding at the African Hotel Investment Conference being held today in Nairobi, Kenya [...]

Hotel development and investment potential is beginning to be realized in many key markets in West Africa as issues of stability, financial transparency and demand begin to be addressed. This was the key finding at the African Hotel Investment Conference being held today in Nairobi, Kenya on a panel being hosted [...]

This landmark report, undertaken cooperatively by HICAP, WWF and Horwath HTL, capitalizes on three years of submissions for the HICAP Sustainable Hotel Awards, which recognize the range of sustainability best practices emerging in the hotel sector in Asia and highlight the link between such practices and business/financial performance. The case studies included in the report [...]

Limited growth in New Zealand’s key hotel demand segments over the last 8-10 years at the same time as a significant expansion in room supply which was mainly driven by property developers have been some of the key issues affecting this market according to leading hotel consultant Stephen Hamilton. Mr Hamilton, [...]

Increasing costs and changing consumer behaviour are two of the key drivers in the modern French hotel industry according to leading hotel consultant Philippe Doizelet, and represent the greatest challenge in mature markets. Mr Doizelet, Managing Partner of Horwath HTL France, the worlds oldest and largest hotel consulting network [...]

Drawing on our diverse experience and research capabilities, Horwath HTL publishes a variety of studies that assist in analyzing today’s dynamic hotel and tourism markets. Published on an annual basis, these studies survey the overall financial [...]

Please download the latest Horwath HTL Regional Brochure for the Europe, Middle Eastern and African Countries. The brochure includes a full list of all our areas of business, products and services as well as contact details for all our senior Directors working in each office.

The current and forecasted data projections about Brazil’s economic performance tends to encourage all sorts of investment projects, including the reckless ones, but after looking at what the Brazil market has to offer who wouldn’t be optimistic.

As Italy’s capital and home to the headquarters of the Vatican state, Rome is considered one of the most important tourism destinations worldwide, and with 5.5 million international arrivals in 2010, it ranked third in the list of the worlds most visited cities (source: Euromonitor).

Despite the Global economic crisis, Ireland remains an attractive location for business and investment. This is due to its low corporation tax rate and administrative barriers. According to the 2011 World Bank and International Finance Corporation report, Ireland ranks 9th out of 183 economies in terms of ease of doing business and 5th in terms [...]

If you are a real estate developer looking to enter the China hotel market, when packing your bags be sure to leave behind the traditional tools used in assessing a development’s potential. You may also want to leave behind those principals of the real estate market you have learned over time. China doesn’t work the [...]

Welcome to the Hotel Yearbook 2012, the sixth edition of our annual look at trends and scenarios expected for the year to come in the global hotel industry. As we do every year, we have tapped into a rich vein of experience and know-how, bringing together more than 60 top executives, senior analysts and respected [...]

The Horwath HTL Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey has been designed to provide the hotel industry with a quick assessment of the future market outlook. The four-question survey focuses on the outlook for occupancy, average room rate and total revenue. In this mid-year survey, hoteliers were also asked to share their expectations in respect of [...]

Michele De Witt, Director of the South African office of Horwath HTL, has been elected as Chairperson of the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa – responsible for the Western and Northern Cape provinces in South Africa.

The Association was established in 1949 and is recognised by decision and policy [...]

This special report from Horwath HTL looks at the Irish Hotel Market, looking at the operating and investment climates post crisis and examining what the future may hold. Click here to download a copy of the report..

This special report from Horwath HTL looks at the Chinese Hotel Market and looks at the way business is done and the advantages and disadvantages to Investors not from the region and what they can expect. Horwath HTL Market Report 1 China

The conference, which is widely regarded as the leading hotel investment conference in China, is being held over 2 days at the Crowne Plaza Sun Palace Beijing Hotel and is being organised by Horwath HTL, the world's oldest and largest hotel consulting network, the China Tourist Hotels Association and STR Global.

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